Which to use
“set” and “sez” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #234
- “set” frequency rank
- #49,041
- “sez” frequency rank
- 49275
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | set | sez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To put (something) down, to rest. | Eye dialect spelling of says. |
Where the eye mixes set and sez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. set (/sɛt/) and sez (/sɛz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - t in “set” becomes z in “sez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49275, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
set is recorded at frequency rank #234, classified as averb, pronounced /sɛt/. sez is at rank #49,041, tagged as averb, pronounced /sɛz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 49275, this pair ranks #185,179 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of set vs sez
Shared letters: es. Private to "set": t. Private to "sez": z.
"set" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "sez" · 3 letters · shape CVC